Chicago TV Producer For WGN Arrested After Throwing Things At ICE Agents, Calling Them Fascists
A producer for WGN-TV, a Chicago television station, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Friday in a residential area of the city, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.
The DHS said in a statement that Debbie Brockman "was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."
A video taken by a bystander and shared on social media shows masked border patrol agents holding a woman to the ground who identifies herself as Debbie Brockman, an employee of WGN. She is handcuffed and taken into a silver van with New Jersey plates. Onlookers honk their horns and jeer at the agents.
The DHS said "several violent agitators" had been attempting to impede federal officers in their duties. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the DHS, said on X that Brockman had been arrested after throwing objects at law enforcement.
